A bus driver carrying Derry Area School District elementary students is under investigation by her employer after video surfaces of her speeding with students on board.

Elementary school bus driver caught on camera speeding with kids on bus

A bus driver carrying Derry Area School District elementary students is under investigation by her employer after video surfaces of her speeding with students on board.

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Updated: 6:01 PM EDT May 16, 2016

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WEBVTT LYING DOWN THE ROAD. REPORTER: THE ONE FIFTH GRADE GIRL YOU WILL SEE ON THE VIDEO IS GETTING DROPPED OFF AT HER HOME AEU ROCK PITTSBURG ALONG PITTSBURGH STREET. THAT GIRL'S MOTHER SAYS SHE CAN SEE AND HEAR THE BUS DRIVER COMING HITTING THE GAS JUST BEFORE HER DRIVEWAY. >> I'M GOING 50 MILES AN HOUR AND UPHILL, AND I CANNOT CATCH HER. REPORTER: MAY 11th WAS THE SECOND TIME MELISSA KAUFMAN SAYS SHE SAW THE WOMAN DRIVING BUS B72 SPEEDING. >> THIS SAME BUS IS DOING THE SAME THING, AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING, THESE PARENTS DESERVE TO KNOW. REPORTER: THE BUS HAD DAIRY SCHOOL DISTRICT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ON IT LIKE NICOLE'S DAUGHTER. >> I HAVE SEEN HER STOPPING TO GET MY BOTTO DAUGHTER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DRIVEWAY AND SHE SPEEDS UP FROM THE STOP SIGN TO OUR DRIVEWAY. >> 55, ALMOST 60 MILES AN HOUR RIGHT NOW. AND THERE IS SOMEBODY STILL ON THAT BUS. REPORTER: KAUFMAN POSTED THE VIDEO TO FACEBOOK AND THE SHARES WENT WILD. A SMITH TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEE TOLD ME THEY ARE NOW INVESTIGATING THE ON BOARD DATA. KAUFMAN SAID SHE CALLED THEM IN APRIL TO THEY WILL THEM ABOUT IT BUT THEY NEVER CALLED HER BACK. >> I HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING AND I THOUGHT, THIS IS A DANGEROUS ROAD, IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T STOP THIS DRIVER AND DO SOMETHING, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET HURT. REPORTER: KAUFMAN SAYS SHE KNOWS RECORDING WHILE DRIVING IS ILLEGAL BUT IT WAS A RISK SHE WAS WILLING TO TAKE. STATE POLICE SAY DESPITE THE VIDEO EVIDENCE THEY DON'T GENERALLY INVESTIGATE TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS FROM A THIRD PARTY UNLESS A TROOPER ALSO WITNESSES IT. I CALLED THE BUS DRIVER DIRECTLY BUT SHE HUNG UP ON ME? I'M HOPING THAT SHE EITHER LEARNS HER LESSONS AND SLOWS DOWN, OR SHE LOSES HER JOB, BECAUSE THIS IS PRECIOUS CARGO THAT IS ON THIS BUS, AND SHE SHOULD NOT BE DRIVING THAT FAST.

Elementary school bus driver caught on camera speeding with kids on bus

A bus driver carrying Derry Area School District elementary students is under investigation by her employer after video surfaces of her speeding with students on board.